The film is introduced as if it is going to be a found footage film. It is not, just poorly framed and shot. A group of students from Miskatonic University (HP Lovecraft "Re-animator" fictional university) decide to film inside the haunted Goodwin house that had three "witches". PLOT SPOILER: Individuals become possessed for a short period and attack another in the group.

The film stars Madeleine Heil who will be appearing in "Clowntergeist" a film whose name I just love. I will give Madeleine credit, who poured her heart out into this film. Unfortunately the special effects didn't go beyond black and white film footage and contact lenses. The film attempted a few light moments that didn't work. The dialogue needed improvement and the off and on random possession didn't pan out. The film actually got more boring during the climax scenes when you realize, "this is it." Guide: No sex or nudity. I don't recall any swearing

The standout element of this film are the visual effects. For a low budget flick, the magic and witchcraft visuals were done well and they didn't distract or take you out of the movie. The acting was hit and mix at points, and so was the writing some times but this movie managed to entertain me more than Rings (2017). The witches in Reel Nightmare could have been in more scenes. They were the strongest draw to the film. The lead girl and overall, the female cast was superior to the male counterparts. But no living character here is a match for the witches. The witches had a strong presence and I'm glad they didn't use CGI to bring them to life.

REEL NIGHTMARE: BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT is another dead-headed indie horror flick centred around the subject of witchcraft. For whatever reason, this is a film chock-full of Lovecraft references in terms of character and place names, but otherwise it has no connection to the Cthulhu Mythos (worse luck). It's a dreadfully bad film which looks much older than it really is and is routinely cheesy, dull, and badly acted. Just the usual, then.